OLYMPIC track legend Liz McColgan and her estranged husband are being sued for almost £10,000.

The silver medallist and Peter McColgan are being pursued by Dundee High School for an unpaid bill – believed to be school fees.

The civil action was taken out this week after papers were lodged at Arbroath Sheriff Court.

McColgan’s daughter Eilish, 21, who is at Dundee University, studied at the £10,000-a-year school.

Last night, rector John Halliday declined to discuss the matter and McColgan was unavailable for comment.

The Record were initially told we were entitled to access information about the case. But at the last minute, the Scottish Courts Service drew a veil of secrecy over the civil action. A spokesman said: “Sheriff Peter Paterson passed a judicial direction not to release any information about the case at this time.”

McColgan hit the headlines last November when she was found not guilty of assaulting her husband at their home.

A sheriff dismissed claims by Mr McColgan – a former Northern Ireland steeplechaser – that she had punched and “prodded” him.

A second charge of breach of the peace was also dropped against McColgan at Arbroath Sheriff Court.

McColgan, 47, had always denied the attack. The pair separated in late 2010 after 22 years of marriage but were still sharing the family home in Carnoustie, Angus.

The McColgans claimed when they split it was “amicable” and they would continue to live at Panbridge House Lodge with their four youngest children. They run it as a health centre.

McColgan – previously Liz Lynch – shot to fame in the late 1980s, taking home Commonwealth gold at the 1986 Games in Edinburgh and Olympic silver at the 1988 Seoul Games, both in the 10,000m.

She went on to win gold in the same event at the 1991 World Championships. McColgan then repeated her Commonwealth success in 1990 in Auckland.

The runner, who was brought up in Dundee, married her husband in 1987. He had represented Northern Ireland at the 1986 Commonwealth Games at 5000m and the 3000m steeplechase.